Millennium Seed Bank film

Banking on life: film to support the course

Seed Tour the Millennium Seed Bank, see some of the main processes involved in identifying, collecting, transporting, processing and storing endangered species of seeds, and meet some of the scientists who do the work.

For Advanced Biology and Science in Society, particularly 'How Science Works'. See specification extract and summary on the right.

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Specifications

Salters-Nuffield Advanced Biology (Edexcel GCE Biology, context-led approach
Extract from specification:
Topic 4.17 'Discuss and evaluate the methods used by zoos and seedbanks in the conservation of endangered species and their genetic diversity (eg scientific research, captive breeding programmes, reintroduction programmes and education).'

Science in Society (AQA)
Sustaining biodiversity: here is a summary of what the specification covers.
For the full version see AQA Science in Society

Collaboration and competition between scientists. Research, collecting and processing of data. Complexities and uncertainties in evidence. Technical, political and economic issues involved. Evidence and cost-benefit analysis needed for effective decision-making. Effect of prior beliefs or vested interests on interpretation and evaluation of evidence.

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Salters - Nuffield Advanced Biology

Millennium Seed Bank film

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